Unique Trade Assistant Role at Top Investment Fund

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Summary

What you’ll do: • Support trade support functions for a multiple trading desks o Product specific experience for Fixed Income, Credit, OTC Derivatives o Also experience with CDX is a plus • Perform mandatory daily functions of: o Perform Security set up process for downstream applications o Assure all Trades are received and processed into… >>>


Company Information:

Our client, a $60 billion dollar global investment firm operating out of both New York and Connecticut, has been managing assets on behalf of investors since 2008. We deploy multiple absolute return strategies, utilizing fundamental analysis, and seek to identify growth opportunities that are uncorrelated to each other and to market indices.


Job Description:

What you’ll do:
• Support trade support functions for a multiple trading desks
o Product specific experience for Fixed Income, Credit, OTC Derivatives
o Also experience with CDX is a plus
• Perform mandatory daily functions of:
o Perform Security set up process for downstream applications
o Assure all Trades are received and processed into Front End system
o Liaise with Executing brokers on Settlements
o Liaise with Prime brokers and agents to settle all lifecycle events such as Factor
paydowns and Coupons and TBA pair offs
o Perform Trade corrections
o Fail control
o Assist PM’s/Traders in various research projects and Inquiries
o Understand trading P/L calculation within Portfolio Management System(PMS)
and General Ledger
• Review Cash and Position reconciliations between Shadow books and Prime Brokers
• Review Administrator Cash and Position reconciliations for official book and records.
• Review Corporate Actions and assure trading positions are correct for Start of day trading
• Procedure documentation


Requirements / Qualifications:

Qualifications:
• At least 3-5 years of specialized experience in the products listed above
• 4 year Bachelor’s Degree
• Must be adaptive and flexible
• Professional, very detailed oriented, and highly organized
• Ability to prioritize and manage their time effectively
• Work independently
• Adaptability in fast growing environment
• High level communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proficiency in dealing with a variety of computer systems (Eze Castle, VPM,
Bloomberg, Microsoft Excel, CTM.)

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